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Mass Formation: Nail in The Coffin

Jon Rappoport
2 hr ago

(This article is Part-3 in a series. For Part-2, click here.)

This is what you need to understand: academics have to propose and debate notions that expand into intellectual castles in the air.

This is how they build careers.

For example: “theories of historical causation.” “What is the basis for all major events?”

A clever professor can fiddle with this bullshit for 30 or 40 years, pick up paychecks along the way, and retire on a pension.

Mass formation is one of those notions.

You can say the dual “phenomenon” of a billion people going along with COVID restrictions, and political leaders demanding and enforcing those restrictions, all stems from some sort of “mass hypnosis.”

If you do say that, and your university pulls a lever that allows this notion (mass formation) to enter of the lexicon of acceptable terms, you can embroider the notion ‘til the cows come home. You can use the notion in your classes and write papers about it. You can give lectures at conferences.

The more complex you make the notion the better.

Because SIMPLE and STARK are your enemies.

As an academic, you can’t build a career on those enemies.

You can’t tell the truth: A billion people chose to give in to COVID restrictions, and the political leaders chose to issue and enforce the restrictions.

You can’t say that. There would be nothing to teach, nothing to write about.

Worse, you would be claiming, out front, that freedom exists, people are free to make their own decisions, and they’re responsible for those decisions.

Making those claims will get your ass fired.

Modern “liberal academia” has a completely different agenda, which involves special groups of victims who must be compensated for their past and present pain; accusing the wrong people of being the oppressors of these victims; and touting certain political leaders as saviors, whereas those leaders are actually fascist tyrants.

In the dense grottos of such claims, freedom, the individual, and individual responsibility are never admired; rarely are they mentioned.

I’ve left out one thing. Whether or not you, as an academic, get a green light to introduce a new notion/term into the lexicon of intellectual gibberish depends on: who you are.

If you’re saying “mass formation” describes why a billion people fell into line with murderous COVID restrictions, you’re toast before you begin. Obviously.

But if you were, say, Noam Chomp Chomp Chomsky, and you were introducing mass formation to explain how 70 million MAGA people turned into hypnotized domestic terrorists overnight, your university bosses might wave you through the front door.

However, either way, the concept of mass formation hypnosis is bullshit, and the truth is: people make choices.

There is no mass and there is no formation.

Mass formation, at best, applies to events like liquefied rock under pressure pushing up through the surface of the earth and rising into the shapes of mountain ranges.

It doesn’t apply to people, to individuals.

Even when we’re talking about the effects of news media hammering the same lies at viewers 24/7, those viewers can decide not to listen, not to believe, not to obey.

No matter how brutal the actions of an oppressor are, people can choose to resist. They can fight back.

The people who would never fight back, never resist, are always looking for involved theories that claim they CAN’T fight back; the power of the oppression is too strong, too hypnotic.

These people welcome mass formation like a guest at dinner. A guest that gets them off the hook.

Mass formation is sitting there at the table, eating his steak, sipping champagne, saying, “You never had a chance. The ‘forces’ put you under before you could respond. You were in a trance state before you knew what was happening. Don’t worry. There was never a way out.”

You don’t notice A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE in the room. They’re saying, “Stop fantasizing. There is no guy sitting next to you sipping champagne. That’s YOU, trying to give yourself an excuse. It won’t fly. Shit-can mass formation. Join our team. It’s called FUCK THE OPPRESSORS. Our team has no formation or mass. It’s just us. We don’t give in, no matter what.”

That’s the team who, down through history, fought for real freedom and won. That’s the team who enabled you to sit at your table now and have a pleasant dinner and contemplate pissing all that freedom away.

-- Jon Rappoport


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Dachsie comment:

I agree with the basic theory in this article but I do not agree with the "reason alone" theory that underlies it.

Man has intellect and free will and praying to and trusting in his Creator helps and changes "free-will" choices.

Romans 8:28

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Thinking Points, September 11, 2022

black holes, el gato malo, comparisons, updates to the DSM, Solzhenitsyn, naming the criminals, 8 mice, epistemology, cat making it look easy
Toby Rogers
12 hr ago

Here are my latest thinking points:

Infinite density

The universe is sagging and about to collapse from the weight of state-sponsored lies over the past 2 and a half years. It’s like a black hole caused by ridiculousness.

Another home run from el gato malo

The shock troops of “the science” wind up being a bunch of uninformed 25-year-old social justice majors who act with gleeful righteousness in direct proportion to their ignorance for there is none so zealous as he who has no idea what the actual facts are.

Side-by-side comparison

Seatbelts:
• Work;
• Can save your life in a crash;
• Are made out of a densely woven nylon of some sort;
• Don’t cause myocarditis;
• Don’t really generate a lot of revenue.

Covid-19 shots:
• Do not work;
• Cause myocarditis;
• Have killed over 30,000 people since Dec. 2020;
• Cause strokes, heart attacks, miscarriages, thrombocytopenia, shingles, etc.
• Make Pharma very very rich;
• are destroying the developed world.

So basically they are two completely different and unrelated products. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Someone call the DSM people

I think at this point we have to conclude that bougieness is a form of mental illness.

It seems to mostly afflict highly-educated people in the middle class.

It is characterized by a desire to fit in at all costs.

Symptoms include a lack of discernment — such as an inability to tell the difference between mice and humans, computers and humans, or defective medical products and seat belts (I know it’s hard to believe, but we’ve observed thousands of cases of this through a comprehensive study of their online behavior).

This desire to fit in and lack of discernment makes bougiecrats a threat to themselves and their families. Bougiecrats are known to inject genetically modified substances that skipped safety testing into their own bodies and their kids (in order to ingratiate themselves with certain large multinational corporations).

The only known treatment is to have them cancel their cable and watch 100 hours of The Highwire instead.

However be forewarned, bougiecrats often became irascible when presented with evidence of their illogical behavior.

Live not by lies

I read Solzhenitsyn’s Live Not By Lies for the first time this week. It’s really great. Definitely relevant for what we are going through.

On the day Solzhenitsyn was arrested, February, 12, 1974, he released the text of “Live Not by Lies.” The next day, he was exiled to the West, where he received a hero’s welcome…. Solzhenitsyn equates “lies” with ideology, the illusion that human nature and society can be reshaped to predetermined specifications. And his last word before leaving his homeland urges Soviet citizens as individuals to refrain from cooperating with the regime’s lies. Even the timid can take this step toward spiritual independence. If many march together on this path of resistance, the whole inhuman system will totter and collapse.

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The 8 mice debacle

The FDA sees 8 mice as rock solid evidence on which to base national vaccine policy

and

the eyewitness testimony of tens of thousands of mothers of vaccine injured children as anecdotal.

See the problem there?

That tells us that it was NEVER about science it was always about power and profit.

Ways of seeing

The power afforded to scientists and doctors stems from their unique epistemic position. They are able to see the unseen — beginning with microscopes and evolving to include more sophisticated tests and tools. But today, ideology, information bubbles, and threats from the cartel have rendered most doctors and scientists blind to the reality right in front of them. I would take the wisdom and intuition of a warrior mama over 99% of doctors and scientists these days.

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Cat’s got HOPS!
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Do I Have a DVT or Blood Clot? Here Are The Signs You May Have One



Oct 22, 2021

Talking With Docs


Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or any blood clot in the vessels can be a serious and life threatening condition. In this episode the surgeons discuss DVTs and pulmonary emboli. They discuss the signs and symptoms, the risk factors and treatment.

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Dachsie comment:
16:48 is the other shoe drops moment in this otherwise great video.
said something like

"The Risk / benefit analysis shows that the vaccine is good for a large majority of people."

This PLANdemic / Vaccine SCAM
started for us when the clot shot came on the scene in March of 2021, ALL bets are off on any "Risk / Benefit" assessment for ALL patients who have had any of the "vaccines" no matter which brand, no matter what the patient's medical history may be.


The take-away is if you have onset of pain and tenderness in your leg, get to your good doctor's office pronto and get the tests done and make sure no sloppy quicky evaluation. Get a thorough examination and ask questions and get answers.

If you have DVT, they definitely do not know WHY you have it. It can lead to PE, pulmonary embolism, if not treated quickly and properly. This goes for vaccinated and unvaccinated alike.

PE is a life-threatening condition. If you have shortness or breath and rapid pulse and other chest area symptoms. Get yourself pronto to an Emergency Room of a large hospital. Have a close family member or friend nearby every second of the way and make them stay apprised and ask questions and get answers.

IF. IF. IF the DVT is because of the vaccine, and remember we don't know the exact cause, you probably will not be able to just take anti-coagulant medicines for a few months and then the problem just will go away for good. I do not think that is the way the continual manufacture of spike proteins that can't be turned off work.

One more thing.

The title of this video is deceptive.

"Do I Have a DVT or Blood Clot? "

Deep Vein Thromosis IS a blood clot !

Dachsie comment:

I wiil post more on the subject of Ben Raimer, MD and his departure from UTMB Galveston later. There are indications that this involves the UTMB Level 4 National Laboratory and certain possible non-compliance issues involving the same Chinese Laboratory and scientists that are closely associated with the bioweapon clot shot.

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UTMB releases records on president's abrupt exit

Molly Gamble
3 minutes

The University of Texas System has released some records pertaining to the abrupt departure of Ben Raimer, MD, from the role of president of the University of Texas Medical Branch. The documents, some heavily redacted, leave important questions unanswered.

Dr. Raimer submitted his resignation as head of the Galveston-based academic health system Aug. 22, two weeks after he was placed on administrative leave for undisclosed reasons. UTMB did not disclose the reason for his departure.

The UT System released records Sept. 7 in response to a request filed Aug. 9 by Galveston, Texas-based The Daily News under the Texas Public Information Act for all documents related to the decision to place Dr. Raimer on administrative leave. Earlier this month, the system said it would release some documents under the request. It appealed the request to the Texas Attorney General's Office for permission to withhold others.

The newspaper reported that the documents it reviewed reveal "some general discontent" with management of UTMB, but reasons behind the decision to place Dr. Raimer on administrative leave are still less than clear.

An Aug. 8 letter from UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken informing Dr. Raimer of his placement on administrative leave with pay notes that Dr. Raimer was aware of an investigation into allegations about him. Information in the letter about what the investigation was in response to is redacted. (Keri Heath, a reporter with The Daily News, tweeted an image of the letter and its redactions here.)

Other emails released by the system to the local newspaper include allegations from medical branch staff and students of cronyism among management and disregard for students' concerns about the connection between a group of honors societies at UTMB and the problematic views held by its historical namesake, William Osler.

"Most of the allegations are non-specific and/or relate to complaints about management issues or policy decisions rather than allegations of compliance violations," UT System Chief Inquiry Officer and Chief Research Security Officer Trey Atchley wrote in a July 27 email with the system's chancellor, according to The Daily News.

Charles Mouton, MD, executive vice president, provost and dean of the UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine, is serving as interim president while the system conducts a national search for a new leader. UTMB includes four hospital campuses and more than 90 primary and specialty care clinics in Southeast Texas.

Follow-up on post number # 2794

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Rep. Roy demands answers regarding partnership between American scientist and the Wuhan Institute of Virology
July 7, 2022
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WASHINGTON— On Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) sent a letter to Dr. James Le Duc, former director of the Galveston National Laboratory to get answers about recently uncovered documents indicating a partnership with the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

“As more evidence seems to suggest that SARS-CoV-2 originated from the WIV and cannot conclusively be ruled out as the source, it is essential to have a clear understanding of knowledge transfers between China and the United States,” the letter reads. “It is concerning that any public institution receiving federal government funding would enter into a cooperation agreement with an entity controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Further, though UTMB may not be alone, it raises serious concerns that a prominent recipient of federal taxpayer dollars would enter into an agreement with any foreign entity—but especially an adversary—with such a glaring ‘memory hole’ provision that authorizes research materials and files to be destroyed upon request,” it adds.

Recently, the U.S. Right to Know

non-profit group uncovered concerning documents revealing a partnership established by Dr. Le Duc and the Wuhan Institute of Virology. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) dated October 20, 2017 contains a ‘memory hole’ provision that would have allowed Wuhan Lab personnel to request files and materials be destroyed. On its face, this seems to violate record retention laws and requirements on grant recipients at the NIH.

"As Congress looks to safeguard Americans from national security risks, it is essential that we understand why federal grant recipients are entering into partnerships with institutions in adversarial countries and under what circumstances. Therefore, we request information from you regarding the interactions and agreements between UTMB and the WIV under your leadership,” the letter reads.

Congressman Roy is committed to fighting for Congressional oversight over the origins of COVID-19 and the level of participation U.S. scientists have with adversarial governments, including the Chinese Communist Party.

Full text of the letter can be found here.

Here is one more story regarding post # 2794

(Am looking for the New York Times story I read a while back on this but can't seem to find it yet.)

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/new...s-17398919.php

Influential UTMB leader's sudden departure stuns colleagues and former students

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The sudden departure of Dr. Ben Raimer from the University of Texas Medical Branch, where for three decades he played key roles in expanding outpatient services, delivering health care to prisoners, and steering the institution through hurricanes and a pandemic, has sparked confusion among colleagues and former students who knew him as a well-liked mentor. " SNIP

Here is one more story regarding post # 2794

Keri Heath is a reporter with the Galveston Daily News.

https://twitter.com/HeathKeri/status...29083710869505


Keri Heath
@HeathKeri
The letter to Raimer notifying him he was placed on leave redacts a lot of the specifics. #galvnews

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An Aug. 8 letter from UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken informing Dr. Raimer of his placement on administrative leave with pay notes that Dr. Raimer was aware of an investigation into allegations about him. Information in the letter about what the investigation was in response to is redacted. (Keri Heath, a reporter with The Daily News, tweeted an image of the letter and its redactions here.)

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Dachsie comment:
This will probably be my last post on this subject as it appears as though the University of Texas System, Dr. Ben Raimer, the state of Texas, and the NIH and NIAID, have settled the matter permanently.

I do not believe anyone knows the real reason for Dr. Raimer's "resignation" and I do not believe anyone will ever know the real reason.
I personally believe it has something to do with the UTMB Level 4 National Laboratory and gain-of-function research. If it does, it is to all parties' benefit and great relief that the matter is now closed.

Please see my earlier postings in this thread.

#2965

April 17, 2022

http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthre...l=1#post988517

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Texas health system fights request for records on president's abrupt exit

Molly Gamble (Twitter) - Wednesday, August 24th, 2022

The University of Texas System is fighting a request filed by a local newspaper to obtain more information about the abrupt resignation of Ben Raimer, MD, from the role of president of the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Dr. Raimer submitted his resignation as head of the Galveston-based academic health system Aug. 22, two weeks after he was placed on administrative leave for undisclosed reasons. UTMB did not disclose the reason for his departure.

When Dr. Raimer was placed on administrative leave Aug. 8, the system only said the move was not "in any way connected to the operations at UTMB or the Galveston National Lab." The lab has drawn scrutiny over agreements with three Chinese research labs, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Now the system is fighting Texas' oldest newspaper in its pursuit of more information on the executive's leave and resignation.

Galveston-based The Daily News submitted an open records request Aug. 9 for all documents related to Dr. Raimer's placement on leave, including any complaints that may have been filed against him.

The UT system responded to the request Aug. 23, appealing it to the Texas Attorney General's Office. The system wrote that it anticipates "all responsive documents have applicable exceptions to disclosure," The Daily News reports. The system didn't specify why it is seeking open records exceptions.

Charles Mouton, MD, executive vice president, provost and dean of the UTMB John Sealy School of Medicine, is serving as interim president while the system conducts a national search for a new leader.

Dr. Raimer had been with UTMB for decades, including his start as a student in the graduate and medical schools. In 1993, he became the senior vice president of health policy and legislative affairs. He was appointed interim president of UTMB in 2019, assuming the role permanently in 2021.

Clinically, much of Dr. Raimer's practice has been devoted to the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with behavioral disorders and learning disabilities.

UTMB includes four hospital campuses and more than 90 primary and specialty care clinics in Southeast Texas.

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Linda Mansfield • 18 days ago

File for the papers through the Freedom for Information Act. They will have to release them then
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Elsie Linda Mansfield • 18 days ago

They submitted an open records request. I believe FOIA only applies to federal agencies. As a state university, I think a FOIA isn't the correct route for UTMB. In Texas, the correct act is the PIA, or public information act. For both the FOIA and PIA, many personnel records are exempt, which I assume is what the university's stance is for refusing. Agree or not, it's the law, and if a newspaper was trying to obtain your personnel records, you'd probably agree.
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Linda Mansfield Elsie • 14 days ago

Thank you Elsie, I personally have never tried to file for anything from FOIA, It is all very interesting to say the least. But your explanation was important and appreciated.
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HYS • 18 days ago

FOIA request that!!! There more they refuse to turn over the more sinister it feels...
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BelmontRose • 18 days ago

If the reason for resignation turns out to be related to claims of child / adolescent abuse, it would be critical for families of these children to be notified of the allegations. It may have nothing to do with his clinical focus on children and adolescents with behavioral problems, but if it does involve concerns about this physician's clinical practice, the University should open up. The families deserve it. If the University is hiding information that affects children and their families, the cover-up could destroy the University's reputation.
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margaret Cattunar • 17 days ago

It is imperative that records relating to the firing--and only the firing--be turned over. It is not a private entity which gives them standing as a federally funded institution (yes?) This would allow anyone knowingly refusing information that pertains to national security, or criminal activity the responsibility to comply. Failure to do so can result in risking further penalties and losing a federal tax status as a state university. Disclosure (even redacted) is imperative in healthcare and they know it.
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Banality of Evil; How the White Coats Killed Grace

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What does a four trillion dollar hospital payout, the evil plan to first take out the disabled, and an armed guard outside of the hospital room of a young woman with covid have in common?

Scott Schara joins Kathleen to share the story of his daughter Grace who was murdered in the hospital in the name of saving her from Covid.

Scott details how the doctors, pharmacists, and nurses all had to consciously sign off on the lethal course of action that ruthlessly killed Grace, and how these diabolical decisions were repeated by hospitals nationwide.
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�� Good news everybody! Biden held a live event yesterday, to unveil the glorious details of his new and improved 2022 Cancer Moon Shot, as opposed to his lame 2016 Cancer Moon Shot, which apparently has finally expired after a long, debilitating, bureaucratic illness. We don’t need stupid moon shots like the pathetic last one, which OBVIOUSLY hasn’t worked. The improved 2022 version has a new “secret sauce,” and it’s REALLY REALLY going to work, this time.

Ironically, the secret of the 2022 Cancer Moon Shot is … a shot! Specifically, an mRNA shot. The shot doesn’t actually exist yet but — try to follow Joe’s logic here — because the mRNA shots work so well at stopping covid, they are going to stop cancer, too. See? If it works good against covid, it must be good against cancer. It’s probably good against everything, like some kind of miraculous elixir sold off of a gaily-painted stagecoach that can instantly transform into a stage while also allowing for a hasty midnight departure.
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See? You probably thought I was making that up. But it is basically what Biden actually said. Second, if the shots work as well against cancer as they did against covid, we are in serious, serious trouble, people.

On the other hand, if we bury them all, maybe the mRNA shots will grow into a giant, leafy, magic bean tree.

Anyway, as usual with Democrat initiatives, results don’t matter, it’s the intent that counts. (And, how much cash you can funnel to your friends, of course.) Biden isn’t forecasting anything good happening anytime soon — in fact, he’s explicitly saying it will take TWENTY FIVE YEARS, not even to beat cancer, just to cut the ballooning numbers in half:
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- Cut the cancer death rate by at least 50% over the next 25 years
- Turn more cancers from death sentences into chronic diseases people can live with
- Create a more supportive experience for patients and families
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- Turn more cancers from death sentences into chronic diseases people can live with
- Create a more supportive experience for patients and families

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I wonder how they calculated that 50%? Anyway, the Washington Post ran a skeptical story on Biden’s speech headlined, “Biden Touts Cancer ‘Moonshot’ At JFK Library, Despite Setbacks.”

The article explains that the “renewed” Moonshot takes the form of ANOTHER new health agency, called ARPA-H. Apparently the CDC and the NIH aren’t enough. We need even more agencies with even more fabulously-paid directors who enjoy even more lifelong tenures and can hire even more of their good buddies and can hand out even more generous research grants to even more scientists who play ball and don’t ask questions.

And THAT should do it, this time. Because SCIENCE!!!

You shouldn’t joke around. As you know, Biden has personal experience with cancer. He’s an oil cancer survivor. He got the cancer when he was a kid growing up in Delaware and there was oil IN THE AIR, so thick that his parents had to run the windshield wipers to clear the glass so they could see where they were going. I’m not making that up. At least, that’s what Joe said. Anyway he recovered from his oil cancer, somehow, fortunately. That part of the story isn’t clear.

Maybe Joe’s oil cancer experience also explains his hostility to gas-powered cars?